 A widow gave birth to her late husband's baby three years after he died, thanks to frozen embryos. She says 'it's nice to have a piece of him here', as part of him lives on through their child. Sian Goodsell, 34, and partner, Jason Goodsell, 30, were travelling around Australia in February 2017 when he was diagnosed with stage four bowel and liver cancer. Jason had proposed just six days before this, making it a whirlwind time for the couple who should have been enjoying their holiday and celebrating their engagement. Before he began treatment, they froze some of his sperm, and after two years he passed away. He died in May 2019 – on the same day they got married. Eventually Sian went ahead with the first embryo transfer and fell pregnant immediately, to her delight. Daughter Matilda, now six months old, was born four months prematurely, weighing 1lbs 2oz, which meant she had to spent 17 weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit. Sian and Jason (Picture: Sian Goodsell / SWNS) Today, she is at home and thriving. Sian, a nurse, from Sydney, Australia, said: 'I would love to say she looks like me, but she's the female version of her father. 'I tell her stories about Jason and I everyday, and talk about what he was like. 'She'll pull a face and look just like her dad. I always keep his memory alive and have photos throughout the house. 'Tilly will always know her dad.' Sian said that although it's 'tiring' being a single mum, she has no regrets – adding it's the 'best thing' she's ever done. 'I would do it over and over to have her here,' she said. Sian and Jason met on Tinder in 2014, and before his tragic passing he tried a number of treatments. Matilda at 100 days old (Picture: Sian Goodsell / SWNS) She said: 'He had radiation, chemotherapy, then had surgery and was fitted with an ileostomy bag. 'None of that was working and he decided to stop it.' More trauma was to come for Sian, when she went into an early labour – not believing it to be t){kind=link}
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A widow gave birth to her late husband’s baby three years after he died, thanks to frozen embryos.
She says ‘it’s nice to have a piece of him here’, as part of him lives on through their child.
Sian Goodsell, 34, and partner, Jason Goodsell, 30, were travelling around Australia in February 2017 when he was diagnosed with stage four bowel and liver cancer.
Jason had proposed just six days before this, making it a whirlwind time for the couple who should have been enjoying their holiday and celebrating their engagement.